Ed Cone November 4th, 2007
We’re gathering ideas for ConvergeSouth 2008. Currently, we have a new piece of the schedule (and a sponsor!) and we’re taking suggestions for breakout sessions for 2008. Because ConvergeSouth will likely be next to BlogHer’s Reach Roadshow in Greensboro, we have a one-day (Friday) conference with our new feature on Thursday (10/16/2008) afternoon (leave the date open; it’s going to be fun). With eight breakout sessions available on Friday, October 17, 2008, we’d like ideas on what you’d enjoy attending (or you think is good for CS’ers). So far our certainly-not-final list includes
- Blogging 101 (that’s real 101, fundamentals)
- SEO 102 (SEO session was oversubscribed, much enjoyed; worthy of increasing)
- Better Video (that’s a catch-all topic for now, but we’re holding Tom Lassiter hostage)
Can you add ideas to the comments?
Sue October 30th, 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/convergesouth
We’ll OK your membership ASAP. This is the best place to get updates and conference conversation.
Sue October 30th, 2007
Save the dates
October 16 (afternoon, a brand new piece of ConvergeSouth) and 17th, 2008 - ConvergeSouth
October 18, 2008 (Saturday) - BlogHer in Greensboro
Sue October 30th, 2007
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Sue October 23rd, 2007
You can download Natalie Koeplinger’s PowerPoint files from the Corporate Wikis how-to session here. Be sure to right-click and “save as” to save the .ppt file.
Ed Cone October 21st, 2007
ConvergeSouth Jobs - Yours for the Volunteering
Contact info: admin@convergesouth.com
(Volunteer and get your very own email address!)
Process:
Read the jobs available for ConvergeSouth 2008 (below). Decide which one you want to do. Make sure the job meshes with your talents and patience and then commit to it. When you are ready to commit to the whole thing with a “no matter what� caveat, please let me know and the job is yours. (OK, not “no matter WHAT,� but you get the idea.)
Jobs marked with $$ mean that you might have to put out some of your own money and be repaid by ConvergeSouth, usually 2-4 weeks after we make the check request.
Team Rule
No one speaks for the conference alone. No one commits money (outside your budget) or to a speaker without team approval. We don’t trash each other in blogs (or anywhere else) because we might disagree; instead, we embrace compromise where appropriate.
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Sue October 19th, 2007
Everything is in the Flickr group - join the group, identify people, and add your own pictures tagged “ConvergeSouth2007″ for starters.
Sue October 18th, 2007
ConvergeSouth is held in two buildings at NC A&T State University, the General Classroom Building and the Crosby Building. Driving & parking maps are available at this link [PDF].
Get online using these instructions [PDF]
Ride the ConvergeSouth van from the downtown Biltmore Hotel. Get the schedule here [PDF]
Ed Cone October 16th, 2007
Friday, October 19
A&T has, at best, very difficult parking on weekdays. We are going to use the Luther parking lot (near the intersection of East Market andBenbow, see map link below) on Friday but we encourage locals to
carpool, arrive early or use door #3, that is, park in the Greene Street Parking Deck (across from the Biltmore Hotel on Washington Street) and take the ConvergeSouth shuttle.
The 15-passenger van has been hired for Friday to help us move session leaders to and from the Biltmore Hotel area. We would like to van-pool as many attendees as possible. We have a van schedule online. (The city parking deck is not free but the stress-relief may be well worth the cost.)
Links to PDFs:
Driving/Parking Map of A&T
Friday Oct. 19 Van Schedule
There should be no problems parking on Saturday, October 20.
Ed Cone October 16th, 2007
Thanks to Robert Reddick of ONEVOX for the venue map for ConvergeSouth. More on Robert’s blog